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Despite the Liberty football team playing better, the Minutemen were unable keep up with Brookville’s offense last Friday and fell 49-27.
“We didn’t do a really good job covering the pass early in the game,” said Coach Chris Watts. “We had some penalties and things that kept us out of the endzone early. Then once we started to get going on offense we did a pretty good job.”

Progress at Bedford Memorial Hospital has been an ongoing project this year.

According to Patti Jurkus, the hospital’s CEO, the hospital recently completed a major renovation of the medical/surgical floor that occupies the former obstetrics floor.
This was more than just cosmetic. They ripped out ceilings. They ripped up floors. They reconfigured rooms.
The result does not look like a 1950s hospital.

Becky Stanley, owner of Trendsetters, a hair salon in Bedford, feels a debt of gratitude toward the cosmetology program at Bedford Science and Technology Center (BSTC). A 1981 Liberty High School graduate, she also graduated from BTC’s cosmetology program.

Moneta Elementary School, with the help of grant money and the Smith Mountain Lake Good Neighbors, is conducting an after school math program to help students learn to like math.

According to Kathryn Smith, the school’s after school grant coordinator, the after school math program is held every night, with a Fun Friday each week. The Fun Friday is also teaching math. The children play games, but each game involves math. The games are followed by a family meal with Good Neighbors providing the food and families eating together.

A number of people came at the last minute and they had to make adjustments to provide room for them. This was easily accomplished. The Boys With a Dream were there working the event and they quickly and efficiently managed the situation.
The group of young men also honored Sheriff Mike Brown with an award for his interest in them.

We are a nation of laws. That principle was important to our Founders, and it is rightfully at the very core of our government. In fact, as I travel the Sixth Congressional District, folks continually tell me about the importance of following the rule of law as the best way to govern our country. Too often they have seen laws ignored with little or no consequences for those who break them, and want this to change.

Jerry Falwell Jr.’s continued support for the piggish, morally-challenged Donald Trump has riled even his own students, upset that his embrace of such as obviously awful man compromises the integrity of their school.
Not long after many Republicans began to abandon Trump in droves, Falwell made remarks to the Lynchburg newspaper, revealing that he was far more concerned about who leaked the damaging tape than what was on it.